This is what today's crooks look like

#FirstEnergy #Ohio #Akron

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/courts/2026/02/13/alleged-firstenergy-bribe-sam-randazzo-consulting-agreement-chuck-jones-michael-dowling/88662590007/

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"A former lawyer for FirstEnergy said he wasn't sure why the company agreed to pay Sam Randazzo hundreds of thousands of dollars each year for five years."

#FirstEnergy #Akron #Ohio
https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/business/2026/02/10/firstenergy-sam-randazzo-agreement-scope-work-unclear-witness-says-chuck-jones-michael-dowling-trial/88602782007/

#FirstEnergy #Ohio #Akron

https://signalohio.org/energy-consultant-says-sam-randazzo-stole-millions-from-him-other-clients-before-dewine-appointment-firstenergy-bribery-trial-ohio/

Today in Labor History February 10, 1913: Rubber workers belonging to the Industrial Workers of the World went on strike in Akron, Ohio. It was one of the most effective organizing drives to date among the rubber workers of Akron. However, the bosses still crushed the strike with vigilantes and martial law. In 1936, they went on a sit-down strike.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #strike #akron #ohio #IWW #vigilantes #martiallaw #vigilantes #sitdownstrike

We return to Zipcon at the University of Akron on Saturday, February 28 to bring more plays inspired by kyōgen (historic Japanese comedic theatre), improv games, and maybe an anime parody skit!

#Theater #Improv #Improvisation #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #Zipcon #Akron #UniversityOfAkron

#Akron #HB6

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/business/2026/02/05/witness-asim-haque-says-believed-sam-randazzo-reaction-about-firstenergy-odd-jones-dowling-trial/88496759007/

Assistant #Ohio Attorney General Matthew Meyer is working to convince a jury that a former top utility regulator was a "bought-and-paid-for man" who had illegal behind-the-scenes dealings with ex-#FirstEnergy executives Chuck Jones & Michael Dowling.

Asim Haque, a witness for the prosecution in Jones' and Dowling's ongoing criminal trial, testified about a meeting he had with Sam Randazzo in 2016, before Randazzo became chair of the PUCO

We return to Zipcon at the University of Akron on Saturday, February 28 to bring more plays inspired by kyōgen (historic Japanese comedic theatre), improv games, and maybe an anime parody skit!

#Theater #Improv #Improvisation #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #Zipcon #Akron #UniversityOfAkron #UofAkron

#Akron getting ready.

"The roughly 120 people packed shoulder-to-shoulder in a North Hill Branch Library meeting room discussed and debated how to build trust with and look after their immigrant neighbors whose lives may soon be upended." #Ohio

https://signalakron.org/akron-prepares-to-support-immigrant-neighbors-as-ice-plans-to-descend-on-springfield-haitians/

Today in Labor History January 29, 1936: Rubber workers engaged in a sit-down strike in Akron, Ohio. Their action helped establish the United Rubber Workers as a national union. Working conditions and pay were terrible and workers and virtually no benefits. They engaged in numerous sit-down strikes in the 1930s. Theirs preceded the more famous Flint sit-down strike of 1936-1937. The first American sit-down strike was probably in 1909, when 3,000 members of the IWW engaged in a sit-down strike against General Electric, in Schenectady, NY.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #akron #ohio #SitDownStrike #strike #union #flint #IWW #policebrutality